Qualifying for the 2023 election ended today, and in the governor’s race two more Republicans added their names to the ballot, bringing the total number of main candidates to seven. Former Louisiana Association of Business and Industry president Stephen Waguespack is considered a long-shot, because the Republican Party is backing Jeff Landry. But Waguespack says party leaders will not elect our next governor…
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Mandeville Representative Richard Nelson also qualified today. He’s a big proponent of tax reform, including eliminating the state income tax and making up for the revenue loss with higher property taxes and the elimination of certain sales tax deductions…
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The primary is October 14th.
A one-point-one-billion-dollar solar panel manufacturing facility is coming to Iberia Parish. Teiko Foxx has the story…
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The Louisiana Pardon Board is following the directive of Governor Edwards as they’ve started scheduling clemency application hearings from 20 of the 56 death row inmates seeking to reduce their sentence to life in prison without parole. Edwards, who does not support capital punishment, asked the board to review their cases.